Answers to A Beastly Quiz

A Beastly Quiz — more Regency slang

(From the quiz on the Word Wenches’ Page)

1) To cock up one’s toes means:— b) to die

2) Done to a cow’s thumb means:— a) to be exhausted

3) A bear leader is a person who:— c) takes schoolboys on tours (It was particularly used to describe the tutors who accompanied young men (the sons of rich men) on The Grand Tour. )

4) An ape leader is:— a) a spinster (It was said of women who failed to marry and procreate that they would end up in hell, leading apes. Nasty, eh?)

5) To be cock-a-hoop is:— d) to be in high spirits (It’s a bit like “to be over the moon”.)

6) A chicken nabob is:— b) a man of moderate fortune (‘A nabob’ was the term used to describe a man who acquired a large fortune in India, so a chicken nabob describes a man who didn’t quite make it to riches. It’s a bit derogatory.)

7) A toad eater is:— a) obsequious

8) To be under the cat’s foot is:— c) to be dominated by a woman

9) To be a cat’s paw is:— b) to be used by someone else

10) To be foxed is:— c) to be drunk

11) A beak is:— d) a magistrate

12) To kick up a lark means:— c) to have fun

13) To shoot the crow means:— a) to leave without paying

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